Rolling Metal Thread 2010

I do, probably.

Bill hates Led Zep?

in other news, sky blue, water wet

... and Wetnurse awesome.

Rush is a lot more experimental than Led Zeppelin. I like them better too, though I like both. And Rush loves Zep.

ANYWAY - I have yet to catch Spellcaster. Pretty sure they are super young kids.

Also - damn it was so cool to finally see Krallice. Total gems on and off stage.

The Haulix promo MP3s of the new Atheist album are so low-quality (and glitchy) I pre-ordered the CD from Relapse's website because at this point I really don't feel like I have any idea what the final record will actually sound like.

one week from tomorrow, the new Kylesa comes out!

I hope Kylesa is good when they play on Thursday.

I've been ranting and raving about glitchy haulix mp3s all year. It's a terrible system for writers to use.

I usually won't listen to beeped promos but the Order of Ennead album is so good I can't help myself

gonna buy the damn thing

proper death metal I tell you what

Yeah, I like Order of Ennead.

Just emailed some interview questions to one-woman black metaller Anguished (debut CD out now or soonish on Hammer of Hate). Vocally, she reminds me of Lydia Lunch circa Teenage Jesus - super shrieky and hard to take. But she plays everything except the drums on the disc, so I figure I might as well make MSN readers aware of her work.

Has anyone else heard (or mentioned) recent Rise Above signees Ghost? They're from Sweden, and they continue the trend of terrific new traditional metal bands that's been happening as of late. Their MySpace stuff is superb (catchy, seductive, uber-Satanic), and I cannot wait to hear the entire album (which came out today it so happens). RIYL The Devil's Blood, Goblin, Mercyful Fate...

http://www.myspace.com/thebandghost

Is it my imagination or is old skool heavy metal coming back into vogue?

fucking shit, nate's post just reminded me that i missed krallice in town this week.

I really like the Ghost stuff I've heard altho RA should have got them to change their name, insofar as the notion of the Japanese Ghost doing a record on that label isn't that much of a stretch

I assumed it was a re-release of an old band since I though noone would use the name now.

so, are you guys into jerseyband? because, like, whoa.

fixed the formatting (again!)

but really

It ain't metal, but anybody who likes extreme music ought to care that there is a new original-lineup Killing Joke album.

It's great at times, but I find myself actually preferring Hosannas overall.

A very pretty girl just gave me a Burzum shirt that fits me like a glove. Do I wear it out?

OH HELL NO/YES

but no

Really getting excited about Supersonic now. Say hi if you see me, I will be on crutches so should be easy to spot...

Rough plan:

Necro Deathmort/Fukpig/Devilman/Drumcorps/Napalm Death/Dead Fader

Noise boxes/Eagle Twin/Gnaw/KK Null/Fear of Music/King Midas Sound/Godflesh/Melt Banana

Boredoms film/Matthew Barney film/Ruins/Nisennenmondai/Master Musicians/Factory Floor/Black Sun/Zeni Geva/Deathscalator/Swans

This is where you point out I have made a fatal mistake. Factory Floor may well be that, as the world and his wife seem to be wanting to go.

Godflesh huh?

huh whats the matthew barney film?

It's the thing he did in Manchester a couple(?) of years ago invoking Egyptian and Elder Gods. He spends most of it with a dog strapped to his head and I think a bull rapes a car.

Aldo, come and dance with me down at the front to Factory Floor!

Me and my mate Manish play Burzum T-shirt bingo in Camden Underworld.

Anyone from Boston coming north for tonight's Kylesa/Torche/High On Fire show in Portland? As of yesterday it wasn't sold out yet. I know they're playing in Boston on Saturday, but why wait?

I'll be at the Boston show on Saturday :-)

Lazy bugger - make the drive up 95!

That Torche album doesn't do anything for me. It feels good getting that off my chest.

I agree. Enjoyed the original version of that track with DLR on it though.

Its no Meanderthal, but I still love it. Surprised to see those comments after just reading the really negative Dusted review of it earlier today.

Doran - I think I said something similar in the Torche thread. I like the last two songs but the rest is "meh". I really like Meanderthal.

To be honest, I'm not a big fan of any of the bands I'm seeing tonight, but they all have decent to great live reputations and good shows don't come my way all the time (though Christian Mistress were excellent a couple of weeks back).

Don't get me wrong, last time I saw Torche, they were amazing live... I guess it was an ATP show just after Meanderthal. And High On Fire live is always a killer show.

Matt Pike walked past me once and I was wearing a High On Fire T-shirt. He made the horns to me as he walked past. I had to steady myself against a bollard.

ATP show was the one after Montoya had been sacked but he played at anyway - Patton/Melvins?

That sounds about right.

The Torche EP never really gets going until the last track.

Matt Pike walked past me once and I was wearing a High On Fire T-shirt. He made the horns to me as he walked past. I had to steady myself against a bollard.

awesome!!!

I saw Blake Judd walking down Milwaukee once and I tried to give him a nod/smile thing that was supposed to read "I know who you are and really like you and your band, but I don't want to be all fanboyish about it". He kind of scowled at me in return. Probably because I was wearing my work dress clothes and looked about as un-metal as possible.

Matt & Judd have both snorted coke off my tits. Goddamn you guys are square.

Sorry. I'll go burn all of my metal albums when I get home tonight. :(

OK, I had to read that several times to realize the sense of "burn" you meant.

<3 Jon :)

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This Ghost album Opus Eponymous is blowing me away. The satanic gimmick is far more effective when it's played totally straight-faced and musically understated like these guys do. Plus they're permanently stuck in 1978, and what's not to like about that?

I am not feeling Ghost yet. Why do Sweedes never want original band names?

A very pretty girl just gave me a Burzum shirt that fits me like a glove. Do I wear it out?

Yeah unless your neighborhood is full of SHARPs or somethin'.

Ended up leaving during High On Fire's set tonight. HoF bring out the meatheads, and Pike was encouraging them to behave like morons. Not fun. The band aren't really my thing and this show didn't change that, though "Blessed Black Wings" was epic in all the right ways.

However, Torche were quite good and much heavier and rougher live. I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would based on the new record.

The show stealer was definitely the opener, Kylesa. I didn't know what to expect (I haven't warmed to their records in the past) but they are a tight, powerful live band. I have no idea whether they played mainly new stuff or not but it made me a fan and converted a few of my friends who were there as well.

So if you're catching this tour later make sure you get there in time for the opener!

Thanks, Adrien, for mentioning that Weapon have a new one coming out.
What a powerful album!